, was a native of Ely, where he was born in 1723, and received his education
, was a native of Ely, where he was born in 1723, and received his education at the grammar-school of that place, from whence he was removed to Pembroke-hall, Cambridge, where he commenced B. A. in 1743, M. A. in 174-7, and was also chosen fellow of that society. He was afterwards lecturer of St. Mary’s, in Bury St. Edmund’s, upwards of thirty years, prebendary of Ely, rector of Ickworth and Chedburgh, and vicar of Winston, all in the county of Suffolk. He died October 6, 1802.
, a native of Ely, was educated in Jesus-college, in Cambridge,
, a native of Ely, was educated
in Jesus-college, in Cambridge, where he was scholar and
fellow some time; but, appearing in public, was, first,
assistant to Dr. Nicolas Felton, at St. Mary-le-bow, London, and then presented to this church; and soon after to
St. Bartholomew’s, London; made archdeacon of St. Alban’s; and at length advanced to the see of Bristol, as one
of those persons whom his majesty found best qualified for
so great a place, for soundness of judgment and unblameableness of conversation, for which he had before preferred
Dr. Prideaux to the see of Worcester, Dr. Winniff to Lincoln, Dr. Brownrig to Exeter, and Dr. King to London.
He was offered the same see in 1616, as a maintenance,
but he then refused it; but, having now gotten some
wealth, he accepted it, that he might adorn it with hospitality out of his own estate. He was much reverenced and
respected by the earl of Holland, and other noblemen, before the troubles came on; but was as much contemned,
when the bishops grew out of favour; being disturbed in
his devotion, wronged of his dues, and looked upon now
as a formalist, though he was esteemed not long before one
of the most devout and powerful preachers in the kingdom;
but this we may suppose not to be done by the parliament’s authority; because we find an order of theirs, dated
May 13, 1643, commanding his tenants, as bishop of Bristol, to pay him the rents, and suffer him to pass safely
with his family to Bristol, being himself of great age, and
a person of great learning and merit. He was afterwards
ejected, and died June 25, 1644. He preached the first
Latin sermon at the erection of Sion-college; and, though
he printed nothing in his life-time, yet two little volumes
of his sermons were published after his death, entitled,
;< England’s Face with Israel’s Glass;“containing eight
sermons upon Psalm cvi. 19, 20, &c. and
” The white
robe or Surplice vindicated, in several Sermons;" the first
printed in 1646, the other in 1660. He was buried in
Bristol cathedral near Dr. Paul Bush, the first bishop, and
has a stone with an epitaph over him.